BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC

______________________________________ ) Motion and application of ) ) Docket No. DOT-OST
‐ 2010
‐ 0018 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. ) ) in the matter of the 2010 U.S.-Haneda ) Combination Services Allocation Proceeding ) ______________________________________ )

STATEMENT OF ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. The Allied Pilots Association (“ APA ”), which represents the pilo ts of American Airlines, Inc. (“ American ”), strongly supports American’s applica tion to acquire a slot pair from the Department of Transportation (“ Department ”) to provide service from Los Angeles International Airport (“ LAX ”) to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (“ Haneda ”). As American explained in its Motion and Applica tion dated October 2, 2014 (“ Am. App. ”), the reallocation of one U.S.- Haneda daily frequency from Delta Air Lines (“ Delta ”) to American is manifestly in the public interest. As the Department well knows, the four daily slot pairs available to U.S. carriers for services between the U.S. and Haneda are a scar ce, valuable resource. Delta’s current limited, seasonal service between Seattle and Haenda s ubstantially underutili zes that resource. See Am. App. at 2; Consolidated Reply of American, Inc. (“ Am. Reply ”) at 6–9. In contrast, American has proposed a realis tic plan for daily, year-round service between LAX and Haneda that is calibrated to improve the competitive structure of the U.S.-Tokyo market generally and respond to those characteris tics that distinguish the U.S.-Haneda and U.S.-Narita markets. See Am. App. at 5-6. Specifically, American proposes to provide daily nonstop LAX-Haneda service utilizing the 247-seat widebody Boeing 777 ("B-777") aircraft. !d. at 6.
This service will maximize options for consumers traveling to, and doing business with, Japan.
In addition, because current manning on the B- 777 aircraft is approximately 23 pilots per aircraft, and the proposed service will require two such aircraft, American's proposal has the potential to create approximately 40-45 widebody pilot positions. See Declaration of Neil Roghair,**~** 3, Ex. A. As such, reallocating Delta's U.S.-Haneda slot pair to American would
maximize the public benefit of the Haneda service for which the U.S. Government negotiated.
AP A therefore urges the Department to grant American's application for allocation of a slot pair to provide service from LAX to Haneda.

Dated: December 22, 2014 Respectfully submitted,

AN, P.C. 1130 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 950 Washington, D.C. 20036-3975 (telephone) 202-496-0500 (facsimile) 202-496-0555 ejames@jamhoff.com Attorney for the Allied Pilots AssociationCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on this 22nd day of December, 2014, a copy of the foregoing was served by electronic mail to the addressees identified below: paul.gretch@dot.gov brian.hedberg@dot.gov brett.kruger@dot.gov todd.homan@dot.gov peter.irvine@dot.gov robert.finamore@dot.gov EngleTS@state.gov finstonma@state.gov cristinasa@state.gov john.s.duncan@faa.gov eugene.alford@ita.doc.gov sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com chris.walker@delta.com Mike.Donatelli@alpa.org dino.atsalis@alpa.org Doug.Ralph@alpa.org jhill@cooley.com perkmann@cooley.com bberlin@cooley.com Robert.Lamansky@hawaiianair.com Hoyt.Zia@hawaiianair.com Mark.Arimoto@hawaiianair.com glindsey@lawa.org ishiwata.k@portseattle.org safora.i@portseattle.org dan.weiss@united.com thomas.bolling@united.com steve.morrissey@united.com gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com lhalloway@crowell.com info@airlineinfo.com howard.kass@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com abigail.donovan@aa.com francis.heil@aa.com charles.hunnicutt@thompsonhine.com patricia.snyder@thompsonhine.com /s/ Edgar N. James Edgar N. James

# Exhibit ABEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC

______________________________________ ) Motion and application of ) ) Docket No. DOT-OST
‐ 2010
‐ 0018 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. ) ) in the matter of the 2010 U.S.-Haneda ) Combination Services Allocation Proceeding ) ______________________________________ )

DECLARATION OF NEIL ROGHAIR I, NEIL ROGHAIR, declare as follows:
1. I am the Vice President of the Allied Pilo ts Association (“APA”), the collective bargaining representative for the approximately 12,500 pilots employed by American Airlines, Inc. (“American” or the “Company”). I have b een a pilot employed by Am erican since February 1, 1999. I also served 24 years in the Air Force, where I was a Major prior to my employment at American. In 2003, I was recalled to active duty as a Lt. Colonel in the Ai r Force during the Iraq war where I served as a commander in Baghdad. I returned to American in 2007.
2. I joined the APA Negotiating Committee in October 2009 and served as Chair of that Committee from March 2010 through October 2013. Since July 1, 2013, I have served in the capacity of Vice President.
3. The current manning on the B-777 aircra ft at American is approximately 23 pilots per aircraft. Putting two such aircraft into service from Los Angeles to Tokyo has the potential to create approximately 40- 45 widebody pilot positions at American.I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct based on my personal knowledge and on information from the business records of the AP A within my custody
and control. 

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